Gary Robinson's RantsRants on spam, business, digital music, patents, and other assorted random stuff.(Untitled)- October 20, 2003 This blog has moved. Please see http:www.garyrobinson.net.http://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/2003/10/20.html#a553 (Untitled)- October 20, 2003 This blog has moved. Please see http:www.garyrobinson.net.http://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/2003/10/20.html#a552 (Untitled)- October 10, 2003 I am moving this blog. I'm leaving all the content that's here in place, but future updates will be at my new URL, http:www.garyrobinson.net. The problem is that Radio UserLand, which I have been using since I started blogging, doesn't work for me. The first intimation of trouble was when I noticed that sometimes it doesn't properly update the server with changes, due to communication errors, and when that happens it doesn't alert the user that a problem has occurred. (You have to look at the..http://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/2003/10/09.html#a551 (Untitled)- October 10, 2003 An amazing discovery, revealed on Slashdot: Separated at birth: http:www.sunncomm.comindex2.html sunncomm.com http:www.zombo.com zombo.comhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/2003/10/09.html#a550 (Untitled)- October 10, 2003 SunnComm Says Pointing to Shift Key 'Possible Felony': A couple of weeks ago BMG released an audio CD with a new type of DRM. Earlier this week, a computer science graduate student at Princeton wrote a report showing the DRM was ineffective - it could easily be defeated by use of the 'shift' key. The stock of the DRM company (SunnComm) has since fallen by 20%. Now, SunnComm plans to sue the student under the DMCA and claim that SunnComm's reputation has been falsely damaged. According to...http://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/2003/10/09.html#a549 (Untitled)- October 9, 2003 iTunes Music Store for Windows coming on October 16. appleinsider.comhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/2003/10/09.html#a548 (Untitled)- October 9, 2003 A discussion of the European software patent law situation. Recommended. LWN, hat tip to taint.orghttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/2003/10/09.html#a547 (Untitled)- October 8, 2003 Magnatune is trying to turn the music industry on its ear by encouraging file sharing and giving artists a large chunk of the proceeds. It seems to be working. By Chris Ulbrich. Wired News The above is my first use of NetNewsWire's Post To Weblog feature. :)http://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/2003/10/08.html#a546 (Untitled)- October 8, 2003 Update: Slashdot already reports solid prior art. "Microsoft has won a patent for an instant messaging feature that notifies users when the person they are communicating with is typing a message " News.com Another stupid, obvious patent. AOL's AIM and Apple's iChat software infringe. On the other hand, a News.com article from 2002 says: America Online has quietly secured a patent that could shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging software. The patent (6449344),...http://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/2003/10/08.html#a545 (Untitled)- October 3, 2003 Andrew Sullivan has a very different take on David Kay's report on Iraqi WMDs than most of the mainstream press. As far as I've seen, most in the mainstream press have a desire to interpret the report as evidence that we shouldn't have gone to war. Sullivan, has the opposite desire. However, Sullivan at least actually publishes extensive quotes from the report, and they speak for themselves. One excerpt: 1. Saddam, at least as judged by those scientists and other insiders who worked in his...http://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/2003/10/03.html#a544 |